Shutter-bower.



N0." 839,692. PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906.

' H'. ZIMMERMAN.

SHUTTER BOWER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 13, 1900.

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PATENTBD DBO. 25, 1906.

H. ZIMMERMAN.

SHUTTER BOWER. APPLIOATIQN FILED JAN.13, 1906,

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UNITE STATES ATENT OFFICE.

SH UTTER-BOWER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

Application filed January 13. 1906. Serial No. 295,924.

To (all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY ZIMMERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shutter- Bowers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shutter bowers and fasteners, and more especially to that particular class of shutter bowers and fasteners illustrated in Letters Patent No. 564,548, issued to me July 21, 1896 and my invention has for its object to improve the devices of this class and to remedy certain defects, to which end I construct the parts, and more especially the sill and plate and the catch device, as fully set forth hereinafter and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of part of a shutter and window-frame with a fastening device embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan showing the shutter closed Fig. 3, the same, showing the shutter partly opened; Fig. 4, a section on the line 4 4, Fig. '2; Fig. 5, a section on the line 5 5, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a cross-section of a sill-plate which is not reversible.

The device is adapted for use in connection with the shutter S of a window having the usual side plate A and sill B.

The bracket C is forked and provided with a stud to which is hinged the brace-rod E in such manner that the latter can swing horizontally, while the outer free end has a limited vertical play and is provided with the downwardly-extended lug '7.

To the sill B is suitably bolted the sill-plate F, with which the brace-rod E engages; but the sill-pl ate instead of having a single series of round sockets 5 to receive the lug 7, as usual, is provided with an additional line of sockets 4 in the head of the plate, which is T-shaped, and on opposite sides of the central line thereof, so that the said sockets at are not in line with the line of sockets 5, and the sockets 4 are also elongated in the direction of the length of the sillplate and sill, and the arms of the plate on opposite sides of the line of the sockets 4 are beveled from the top of the plate downward and outward, forming inclined faces 6, as shown. The aforesaid sockets are closed at all sides, so that the lug 7 cannot pass laterally there-- 5 from.

The brace-rod E is normally supported in its horizontal position by the catch device D. This is provided with a tongue 10, hinged to the bracket-plate 12, so that its outer end will have a limited vertical movement, and provided with a lip S, which is adapted to engage the outer wall of the outer socket 4 when the shutter is fully closed, (see Fig. 4,) and the tongue has also an opening 13, through which the lug 7 may extend, the said tongue being beveled at the top toward the opening from the outer end of the tongue, forming an inclined face 1 1-, while the opposite or inner edge 15 of the opening is vertical.

in that class of shutter-fastening devices in which a brace-rod has a hooked end for engaging sockets in a sill-plate the shutter is properly secured when the parts are ad- 'jus ted to secure a proper fit and arrangement; but difficulty has arisen in securmg the shutters when the latter fail to close fully and properly against the outer face of the sill-as, for instance, when the shutterswarp, as they are apt to do, or the hinges fail to meet properly from the presence of ice or snow or other causeand in such cases no means is provided by which the shutter may be secured in its nearly closed position. I obviate this objection by providing a sill-plate of Tshaped or other form permitting of two lines of sockets at right angles to each other, the sockets which are transverse to the line of the sill being upon opposite sides of a partition or web 18 in line with the central line of the other sockets, and the two sockets on the opposite sides of the web are arranged to receive the lug 7 when the shutter is fully closed against the sill, as shown in Fig. 4, in which case the lip 8 also engages the outer wall of the outer socket at. hen, however, from the warping of the shutter S or the presence of any material interfering with its complete closure the parts cannot be carried to the position shown in Fig.4, then the opening 13 of the latch 10 may be brought above the outer socket l to permit the lug 7 to pass into said socket, so that the shutter is securely fastened, even although it does not meet the outer face of the s1ll.

It will be seen that by providing the plate with a series of sockets and the web 18 in line with these sockets the shifting of the catch or hook from one side to the other of this web secures a much closer adjustment of the shutter-that is, it can be secured without such extended movement as would be used .at either side of the window be required to shift the hook to one side or the other of a central socket. This arrangement also facilitates the adjusting of the shutter to different positions when almost closed, which is sometimes advantageous,

the shutter being further opened and secured by lifting the brace rod E from the latch and placing it in theinnermost of the sockets 4. The shutter s thus held in a more nearly closed position than when the lug 7 is placed in the socket 5 adjacent to the sockets 4.

The inclined face 14 of the opening 13 insures that the lug 7 shall slip easily through the opening 13 into its position either in bowing the shutter or when the shutter is opened, while the vertical face 15 of the opening -13 bears directly against the lug 7 when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 5, so that there is no tendency of the tongue to slip away from the lug or the rod.

When the hooked end of the rod is in the tongue and the shutter is swung to, the said end will ride over the outer face 6, carrying the lug 7 to the top of the plate, when it will fall into the socket without manipulation, and by providing the T-plate F with two similar beveled faces 6 6 the said plate may that is, it is both a right and left plate. Of course it will be understood that where it is intended to be used only in one position the inner face of the T end of the arm may be vertical. (See Fig. 6.)

It will be noted that the sockets 4 are on opposite sides of the central line of the sillplate, as this permits of a closer adjustment of the shutter than would be the case if one of the sockets was in line with the sockets 5 and others on opposite sides of this socket, and it will be evident that while I have shown but two sockets 4 the number may be increased.

bracket to swing horizontally to have a limited vertical play at the outer end and with a downwardly-extending lug at said end, and a T-shaped sill-plate having a plurality of sockets extending longitudinally of the sill and a plurality of sockets closed at the sides and at right angles to the first onopposite sides of the center of the plate, all of said. sockets adapted to receive said lug, substan tially as set forth.

2. The catch device adapted to engage the T-shaped sillplate and provided. with the hinged tongue having a lip with one face beveled and an opening, the face of the tongue at the top beveled toward the bottom of the opening from the outer end of the tongue and the inner edge of the opening vertical, substantially as set forth.

3. The sill-plate of a T shape with two lines of sockets closed at the sides and at right angles to each. other, the sockets atthe end being elongated longitudinally and on opposite sides of a web coinciding with the central line of the plate, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I ail-1X my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY ZIMMERMAN. l/Vitnesses MARIE KLOPFER, E. L. BooUE. 

